Grindr Inc. Appoints Kye Chen as Chief Accounting Officer
March 29, 2023 at 08:00 am EDT
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On March 27, 2023, Kye Chen joined Grindr Inc. as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Chen, age 45, served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Glossier Inc., an international, omnichannel beauty company, since September 2019. Prior to Glossier, Ms. Chen held several
managerial and accounting roles, including Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller, at Time Inc., a leading multi-platform media and content company, from March 2008 to September 2019. Ms. Chen received her B.S. in accounting and finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Grindr Inc. manages and operates the Grindr app, a social network and dating application focused on the global lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) social network platform serving and addressing the needs of the LGBTQ queer community. The Grindr app is available through Apple's App Store for iPhones and Google Play for Android. The Company offers both a free, ad-supported service and a premium subscription version. Its platform enables the LGBTQ community to connect with each other and the world. Its core product, the Grindr App, offers a variety of location-based social features and functions, including identity expression (profile, photos, presence), connection (search, filters, the Cascade, Viewed Me), interaction (chat, media sharing), trust and safety tools across the experience, and subscriptions for premium features offering more access and control. Grindr App has monthly active users (MAUs) in over 190 countries and territories.